Sermon Outline
- Imitation is the best form of flattery (1Jn 2:6)
- The Imitation of Christ
- Choosing not to sin (1Jn 2:1a, 1Cor 10:13, John 5:14)
- Keeping his commandments/words (1Jn 2:3, 5)
- Walking like Christ (1Jn 2:6)
- So how did Jesus walk?
- So are you ready to live a life of submission?
- Only happen because we truly ‘know’ him (1Jn 2:3)
- Recognizing Impostors
- Say but don’t do (1Jn 2:4)
- Hate their Christian brothers (1Jn 2:9)
- Love the world (1Jn 2:15-17)
- So what is one to do with the tests for recognizing an impostor?
- Our hope when we fail: Christ our advocate (1Jn 2:1b-2)
- When we sin, we have an advocate (1Jn 2:1b)
- We will all sin and fall short. (Rom 3:23)
- What is an advocate?
- Why a righteous advocate is best
- When we sin we have a sacrifice already (1Jn 2:2a)
- Propitiation is a sin offering, an offering that turns away one’s wrath.
- Christ’s Cosmic Scope: What does ‘the whole world’ mean? (1Jn 2:2)
- This doesn’t mean that everyone’s sin is covered by Christ.
- What it does mean, however, is that Jesus’ death and resurrection are sufficient for any and every sin that it covers, and for the effects those sins have on a cosmic scale.
- When we sin, we have an advocate (1Jn 2:1b)
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